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Ronay
Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Ronay
Classification Chapel (Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Rona
Canmore ID 10166
Site Number NF85NE 10
NGR NF 89 55
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/10166
- Council Western Isles
- Parish North Uist
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF85NE 10 unlocated.
'There is a little chapel in the island Rona, called the Lowlanders' Chapel, because seamen who die in time of fishing are buried in that place.'
Source: M Martin 1934.
Beveridge infers from Martin's statement 'the existence of a pre-Reformation chapel, and a rocky knoll near the west side of Ronay, north of the only dwelling which that island contains, is known as Cnoc nan Gall' (Hill of the Lowlanders).
Source: E Beveridge 1911.
The site of this chapel was not located.
Visited by OS (J T T) 3 June 1965.
